The reluctant Fundamentalist Chapter 3 Mitch John and

The reluctant Fundamentalist (Chapter 3) Mitch, John, and David

What happened? • Coming to New York was a bit like ‘coming home’ for Changez, many speakers of his language were driving cabs and running cafes, he immediately felt like a New Yorker. • Changez was very much liking New York • He Loved his job with his office which was on the 41 st floor, which made him feel powerful, rich, but he was also privileged • Changez speaks about how he recognised that Pakistan was once at the lead of modernism but he feels a sense of shame and hatred that it is poor : D

Development • Changez develops a liking for the new environment he is in (New York) • He found a similar urbanisation to his home town • He realises that the country (Pakistan) he thought was in the lead of modernisation was now at the bottom. : D

Nostalgia • Manhattan (New York) reminds him of his own town. : D

Memories • Changez going to his first trainee session at the firm in New York • Telling the American how he loved where his job in New York • Going to parties in the Hamptons and bathed in the warm glow of American lifestyle that money can buy : D

Identity • Changez’s identity is still divided between his new American identity and his Pakistani identity, it is clearly shown that his view on America is different to his view on his home country. • Whenever he speaks about America as a complete he speaks with a sense of happiness : D

Appearance The American appear to still be nervous as he has been portrayed in previous chapters. His discomfort grows however, because it is growing dark, making him appear as though he was “an animal that has ventured too far from its lair. ” : D